Nursery-chair.



l. F. RUDDUCK.

NURSERY CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. m, 1914.

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JOHN E. RUDDUCK, OF TACMA, 'WASH'.NGTON.

NURSEBY- CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. "Z, 1915.

Application filed September 10, 1914. Serial No. 861,062.

b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. RUDnUcn, citizenof the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce andState of Washington, lare invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Nursery-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ne\Y and .useful improvements in nursery chairsand alms as its principal object to construct a chair ot this characterin which the scat and legs are hingedly connected to the back in suchmanu ner that they may be folded `flatly thereagainst when the chair isnot .in use solas to occupy in storage or in transit, a minimum space.

A further and more specific object of my invention is to provide anursery chair which consists essentially in a back member, a pair ofwings or legs which are hinged thereto, and a seat which is hinged tothe back meinber and may be disposed in horizontal position between thelegs or wings.

Another object is to form in the seat member an opening of such nature'that-the chair may he used in connection with a bed pan. or vessel, inthe ywell known manuel'.

A/further object is to provide tor the seat a cover-board which ishingedly secured and is adapted to be arranged in dependent relation tothe forward edgeof the seat so as to serve in connection with the leg orwing members, as ascreen or housing for the vessel, or bed pan used inconnection with the chair.

A still further object is to arrange the cover-board so that it may bepositioned on top of the seattorciwcr the opening therein whereby thechair may be used in the ordinary manner. And a still further object isto provide for the chair, a lap tray which is mounted for swingingmovement so that it may be disposed in horizontal position imi.mediately over the lap of the occupant of the chair or may be swung tovertical position immediately above the back member.

The above and other incidental objects of a similar nature which will behereinafter more specifically treated are accomplished by such means asare illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecitication and then more particularly pointed out in the claims whichare appended hereto and forni a part of this application.

`Referring now to the drawings wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred embodiment ot my invention as it is reduced to practice, andthroughout the several Views orf which similar reference numeralsdesignate similar parts, Figure is a pe 'spective view oil the chairshowing the seat in a horizontal position with the cover-board in de!pending position, Fig. 9*. is a perspective View showing the seat andcover-board in elevated position. 1n this ligure the legs are shown inopen position, Fig. 8 is a from elevation of the chair with the legs,back, and cover-board arranged against the bach member, and Fig. l is adetail perspective View of one corner of the seat illustrating'particularly, the means employed in maintainingl the scat in ahorizontal position.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the preferred embodiment ot myinvention includes as its essential elements, a back member 1.0, a pairoi' legs or wings 11 and 12, which are hinged to the back member` aseat-board 13 which is also hinged to the back member, a cover-board 14which is hinged to the' seat-board, and a lap tray 15, which isswingingly connected to the back member.

'lhe bach member 10 is preferably formed as are'v the other elements or'the chair, from wood, although it is quite obvious that under somecircumstances, the chair may be formed of metal or any other suitablematerial. rlhe back member is substantially rectangular in .shape and isequipped with a pair of supporting legs 1G and 17. rlhesc members 16 and17 are secure-il hy screws, nails, or any other desired fastening meansto the t'orward iace oi? the baci; member and at the side edges thereoi,as will be readily. observed upon reference to ltigfl. 'llo these legsor strips 16 and 17' are hinged the leg or wing members 11 and 12, as byhinges indicated at 1S. The members 11 and 1'?. are out along horizontallines intermediate'their length producing the horizontal shoulders 10which are oi'- a length approximately equal to one-halt the width of themembersv 10 and 11. The upper terminals of the members 10 and 11 are cutalong curved lines indieated at Q0 so that the seat-board support ingplates may be swung without hindrance into raised position when theseatfboard is folded in the manner to he hereinafter described. 1i!desired, `the base edges of the members 1G and 11 may he cut away alongcurved linesas indicated at 21 although this construction is, of course,not absolutely necessary. l

The seat-board 13 which is substantially rectangular in shape isattached to the back member by a hinge rod 22, the terminals of. whichextend through apertures formed inthe strips or back legs 16 and 17. Theseatv is in thickness less than one-half the width of the members 16 and17 and the hinge rod 22 is spaced from the back member 10 a suiii cientdistance to permit the cover-board 14 to be received between theseat-board and the back member when the chair is folded.

The cover-board is secured by a hinge 23 to the outer terminal oftheseat-board and may,therefore, be arranged either in de-y pendingposition asin Fig. 1 or in engageyment With the upper face of theseat-board v cealed from View.

As a means for supporting the seat when in the position shown in Fig. 1,l employ a pair of platemembers 25 and 26. These members 25 and 26 aresimilar in construction and are each formed from a single sheet oflmetal which is bent 'along a transverse 'line to produce a horizontalbodv portion and the depending' dange 27. The body portion of each plateis inserted in a hert formed in each. edge of the seat-board and issecuredftherein by screws or any other fastening devices which maybefound des sirable.4 Thev iiangesy 2 7 are .spaced from the adjacentedges fotbelseat-board such e distance that theshouiders 19 of themembers l1 and l2rnavbe receivedbetweiljthe fianges andjthe adjacentedsesj-o the seatboard. lt ywilly be readilyvobservedyupon reference to'thmdrawings, that when `the seat is lowered int" oriontl pQStO'lIl,` theplates25 and N26 may-'be engaged with the shoulders ,19 so'as tosupport-fthe seatl and 'to hold thel leg 'members against swingingmovement.

' vUpon reference to Fig. 3, the manner in which the @chairis adapted tobe folded will be readily' observed. The cover-board is first yfolded tobear against the` upper face of then .swung to engage against theforward the seat-board and this latter member is face' of the backmember 10. It then remains to fold one of the leg or wingmembersinwardly against the seat-board and to swing the other wingmember into position against the first member.

The laptray heretofore designated as an entirety by the numeral 15includes a pair of parallel spaced arms 28 and 29 which are pivoted asby pins 30 to the members 16 and 17 adjacent the upper terminalsthereof. A lap-board 31 is positioned between the outer terminals of thearms, being secured by any suitable fastening devices. A guard rail orrim 32 is secured to the outer edge of the member 31 so that the childsfood may be prevented from slipping from the lap-board. ln thisconnection, it is,of course, appar ent, that the lap tray may beemployed as a food tray or as a board for holding blocks or othersimilar' toys. The tray is supported in horizontal position bythe stoppins 33 against which the arm members bear, as shown in Fig. 1. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire 'to 'secureby Letters Patent is 1. A nursery chair comprising a back member, sidemembers hinged thereto, a

swinging seat connected to the back .member and adapted: to be supportedby the upper edges of the side members at the front thereof, a tray,arms carrying'said tray and pivoted to the back member, and lateralrests on the side members to be engaged by said arms above the points ofengagement of the sides by the seat whereby the tray will he supportedabove the seat. i

2. A nursery chair comprising a back member, side members hinged theretoand having their upper portionsreduced atthen,"

front edges whereby to provide horizontal shoulders, a seat swinginglyconnected to theA back member and provided with grooves in lts sideedges, and retainers secured 1n said grooves and having their free edgespro-i jected downward to engage over the shoul ders on the'side membersand bear against the outer faces of said members.

3. A nursery chair comprising la 'baclt member, rigid side members fixedto the back member, a seat swingingly mounted betweenL said fixed sidemembers in spaced relation "tothe baclrmember, side members hinged tothe xed ide members, retainers on the sides of the seat at the frontthereof tdr'ngage. over the vupper edges of the hinged side members, arigid cover-board hinged to the fron'tedge of the seat to dependtherefrom or fold over upon the same, the seat and coversboard beingadapted'to swingv up against the back with thecoverboard between theseat and the back, tray carrying arms pivoted to the-back, a tray tot`secured to said' arms and stop pins onithe memes e;

here, whereby the seat ie mounted in spced 'In testimony whereof ax mysignature relation to' the back, swinging side members 1n presence oftwo witnesses.

hinged to the fixed side members, and re' JOHN F. RUDDUCK. fue] tenelsonthe side of thexseat at the iront -Witnessesz ethereof to engage overthe upper edges oi GRovER Tm'rs,

the swinging side members. yLleo TEATS.

